Date: Thu, 19 Dec 1996 14:49:08 -0800 (PST) From: Steve Reid <steve@edmweb.com> To: Daniel Keller <dkeller@psln.com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions Mailing List <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: ppp vs. pppd Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.961219144537.805A-100000@bitbucket.edmweb.com> In-Reply-To: <199612192102.NAA10313@psln1.psln.com>
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> Can someone please tell me the advatages of using ppp instead of pppd? I > can't decide wich on I should use to connect to my ISP. ppp is probably better for dialing out, because it can handle scripting automatically. pppd requires the use of "chat" to get it working. pppd works nicely on a PPP server, though. > Also Is there any way to log how long I am connected and when? Is this > done automaticly? "ps aux" and look at the start time. You could also write a program to tally up the connect/disconnect times in the log files, but it's probably not worth the effort.
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